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Lrmusic · 12th November 2009

Whenever you post a song, you should always link it. I googled it though.

YouTube - Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya

Sounds like it can be done by vocoding an industrial drone sound fx or something.

Try this:

1. Record a vocal, in normal monotone intonation, saying whatever you want to sound robotic.

2. Time stretch it to a fairly high multiple, keeping the pitch constant (you'll have experiment with this). Re-record that result into a new sample. That will create the metallic, weird artifacts. It's important that you export this to a new sample slot, because you need to unstretch the time in step 3, and if you just turn the timestrech setting back to where it was at the start, you'll lose all of your artifacts.

3. Then time stretch that back into the desired length. Play around with the pitch. Maybe apply harsh metallic reverb.

That's if you don't want to use a vocoder or some speech-to-text program. My preferred option is still the session robot, they don't accept cash ime, you'll need to take a trip to the gas station.

12th November 2009	#5
Lrmusic Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,989	Whenever you post a song, you should always link it. I googled it though. YouTube - Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya Sounds like it can be done by vocoding an industrial drone sound fx or something. Try this: 1. Record a vocal, in normal monotone intonation, saying whatever you want to sound robotic. 2. Time stretch it to a fairly high multiple, keeping the pitch constant (you'll have experiment with this). Re-record that result into a new sample. That will create the metallic, weird artifacts. It's important that you export this to a new sample slot, because you need to unstretch the time in step 3, and if you just turn the timestrech setting back to where it was at the start, you'll lose all of your artifacts. 3. Then time stretch that back into the desired length. Play around with the pitch. Maybe apply harsh metallic reverb. That's if you don't want to use a vocoder or some speech-to-text program. My preferred option is still the session robot, they don't accept cash ime, you'll need to take a trip to the gas station.